Stories from Wednesday, December 3, 2014

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats jumped out to a 20-9 lead after one quarter and never looked back on its way to a 70-52 victory against No. 7 seeded Piggott, Ark., in a quarterfinal at the Holcomb Invitational Tuesday. Bloomfield six-foot-three junior forward Noah Vandiver calculated 16 of his team-high 18 points after halftime...

Dexter Police Dec. 2, 2014 Police were summoned to N. Sassafras St. over a domestic dispute. No charges were filed. Police are investigating a suspicious fire at 213 E. Business Hwy. 60. The fire took place at 1:05 a.m. Sunday. Damage to the inside of a residence on Peach Ct. was reported to police at 7:09 p.m. Sunday...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor A total of 25 families now make up the SOS Christmas adoption list this holiday season. Each day throughout this holiday season, until all families are adopted, the paper will run the list, omitting those families that have been adopted...

by JONATHON DAWE Statesman Staff Writer The Dexter Board of Aldermen met Monday night; and, though the meeting didn't last very long at all, the overriding theme of the meeting was that the city is in excellent shape. After the approval of the minutes from the last regular meeting, the city heard the City Auditor's report. ...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer Missouri U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt have written a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe asking that plans to implement Phase Two of the consolidation of 82 mail processing facilities across the country be delayed. Phase Two is scheduled to be implemented in January 2105...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys basketball program did its best to rally for a victory after falling behind the Charleston Bluejays 12-0 in its home opener Tuesday night at the Bearcat Event Center. Dexter cut an early double-digit deficit to 18-13 by the final minute of the first quarter before Charleston padded its advantage back to nine at 34-25 by halftime. The Bearcats fought back again when Ethan Flowers opened the second half with a 3-pointer to trim the margin to 34-28...

Brenda J. Stuckey, daughter of the late Herron and Velma Gaylord, was born on May 15, 1944 in Stoddard County, Mo. and died on Dec. 1, 2014, at the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 70. Mrs. Stuckey was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was a lifelong educator, a high school teacher for twelve years in New Madrid, Mo. and for 27 years in Little Rock, Ark...